Search Results for: 2001-06-22

JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law says that the Supreme Court of Canada's recent refusal to review a lower court's stay of extradition proceedings represents an important victory for the rule of law...

A judge for the Court of Appeal for Ontario stayed an April 11 ruling that the country's marijuana laws are unconstitutional. Justice David Taliano of Ontario's Superior Court of Justice invalidated the Marihuana Medical...

Amnesty International (AI) released a report outlining fairness concerns the group has with the 2001 conviction of the "Cuban Five" . The men - Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio...

The Israeli Cabinet approved an amendment Sunday to the country's Citizenship law that would require those seeking citizenship to pledge allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state" and promise "to honor...

The EU Parliament on Thursday approved the adoption of an agreement giving the US access to bank data in order to track the finances of suspected terrorists. Under the agreement, the US can...

A judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday reduced the sentences of two men convicted of spying for Cuba as part of the so-called "Cuban Five" . Judge...

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that required the Pentagon to release...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that a lawsuit against Canadian oil exploration company Talisman Energy for alleged human rights violations in Sudan should be dismissed. The court...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, a legal adviser with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and co-founder and Associate Editor of Global Brief, Canada's first international affairs magazine, says that in order for the ICC to...

Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday proposed expanded laws that would allow British authorities to prosecute non-resident individuals suspected of war crimes. With the proposed changes, individuals who currently live in the UK, but...